1. If you are too gentle, you will lose your roots; if you are impatient, you will lose your authority.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 26". If you are rash, you will lose your foundation; if you are impatient, you will lose the initiative.
2. If the people are not afraid of authority, great authority will prevail.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 72". When the people are not afraid of threats, then a big threat to the rulers will come.
3. A light promise will lead to a lack of faith, and what is easy will be difficult.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 63". People who make promises to others easily must lack credibility. If you take things too easy, you will encounter many difficulties.
4. Its government is boring, but its people are honest; its government is dull, but its people are lacking.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 58". If politics is tolerant and benevolent, the people will become simple and kind; if politics is to be suspicious and suspicious, the people will panic and do things that violate laws and disciplines.
5. If it is crooked, it will be complete; if it is wrong, it will be straight; if it is hollow, it will be full; if it is hollow, it will be new; if it is less, it will be more; if it is too much, it will be confusing.
From "The Tao Te Ching·Chapter 22". If you bend, you will be able to protect yourself, if you bend, you will straighten, and low-lying places will become full, and old things will give birth to new things, less will become more, and more will give rise to confusion.
6. A room full of gold and jade should not be guarded. To be arrogant due to wealth is to blame oneself. When one's meritorious deeds are fulfilled, the body retreats, which is the way of heaven.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 9". Blame: disaster. Sui: Success. The palace is full of gold and jade, and no one can keep it. When you are rich, you are arrogant, which is the source of your own trouble. After you have achieved success, you are in compliance with the way of heaven. These words point out that after the development of things reaches its peak and extreme, it will transform into its opposite, so it is in line with the way of heaven to stop things in moderation.
7. You can’t live without success. My husband is not staying here, so I won’t go.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 2". Don't take credit for success. Precisely because he does not take credit, his achievements will not be lost.
8. People often succeed and fail in their pursuits. If you are as careful as you are at the beginning, you will never fail.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 64". When people do things, they often fail when they are about to succeed; if they are as cautious at the end as they were at the beginning, nothing bad will happen. This means that no matter what you do, you must be diligent and cautious from beginning to end.
9. The greatest good is like water. Water is good for all things without fighting, and is disliked by everyone.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 8". The best: refers to a person who is very good. A person with great kindness is like water. Water is always conducive to the growth of all things, but he does not compete with all things, but remains calm and self-sustaining. He is even willing to be in a low place that no one wants to be in. This sentence uses the character of water to praise altruism, selfless virtues and character, as well as the spirit of "no worries, no worries" and "willing to be ordinary".
10. A person who is good at being a soldier will not use force; a person who is good at fighting will not be angry; a person who is good at defeating the enemy will not fight; a person who is good at using people will be subordinate.
From "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 68". A true warrior will not fight bravely; a person who is good at fighting will not get angry; a person who is good at fighting the enemy will not fight with him; a person who is good at using others will be willing to be inferior to others.